[iPAQ] RE: begging for /.ramfs.tar.gz

> > I have accidentally deleted /.ramfs.tar.gz
> > Please, can someone send me this file who has Familiar v0.5.1-pre2
> > installed.
>
> While I could send you this file, there is no point in doing so,
> /.ramfs.tar.gz contains a backup of your ramfs (e.g. the in SDRAM
> data).

No

> It starts out to be just avalid .tar.gz file without any
> content, and when you shutdown your ipaq the content is saved to this
> file, just to be restored after your next powerup.

No

> So IMHO you can simply ignore it.

Definitely not. Look at it. It contains the data to set up the
contents of /var (which is a link to /mnt/ramfs/var) and is therefore
vital for a functioning system.

Try it and delete /.ramfs.tar.gz >:)

Anyway I already extracted one from
http://familiar.handhelds.org/familiar/releases/v0.5.1/install/H3600/

Markus
Received on Tue Jan 29 14:46:50 2002